Integrating marginalised perspectives into the curriculum and discourse, this indispensable textbook amplifies under-represented voices in the field and paves the way for a more inclusive and comprehensive understanding of tort law.

1. Introduction: Why Recognising Diversity in Tort Law Matters - Kirsty Horsey Part 1: Underexplored Ideas Within the Core of Negligence 2. Negligence and the Vulnerable Subject: Public Bodies and the Duty of Care - Nikki Godden-Rasul and C.R.G. Murray 3. The Politics of Pure Economic Loss – Craig Purshouse 4. Queering the Reasonable Person – Haim Abraham part 2: How Negligence Norms Respond to Particular Harms 5. Reproductive Harm, Social Justice and Tort Law: Rethinking ‘Wrongful Birth’ and ‘Wrongful Life’ Claims – Julie McCandless and Kirsty Horsey 6. Coded Copper, Toxic Water. Multinational Corporations, Environmental Degradation, and Tort Law - Iain Frame Part 3: Diverse Voices Elsewhere in Tort 7. Product Liability, Medical Devices and Harm to Women’s Bodies – Emily Jackson 8. The Tortious Response to Police Power, Misconduct and Abuse – Rita D’Alton-Harrison 9. Homosexuality, Defamatory Meaning, and Reputational Injury in English Law – Alexandros Antoniou and Dimitris Akrivos 10. Rethinking ‘Negligence’ in ‘Medical Negligence’: Can Trespass to the Person Torts Help Protect Autonomy? – Eliza Bond and Jodi Gardner 11. Image-based Sexual Abuse and Gendered Conceptions of Harm in Tort – Aislinn O’Connell

“Bringing diverse voices and traditionally marginalised viewpoints to bear upon mainstream tort issues, this is a genuinely unique collection of essays which both advances our understanding of tort law as a mechanism of civil redress and generates new insights into the relation between law, power and disadvantage.” Joanne Conaghan, University of Bristol

Introduces a critical approach to tort law in England and Wales; Contributes to the diversification of curriculum and reading lists; Enriches students’ knowledge of tort law; Written accessibly for undergraduate students; Written by experts in their fields.